The Troop: A lie
Aug. 10th, 2013 01:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thistlechaserI mentioned the reason I was so interested in this book was because it "scared Stephen King". On the Amazon page:
"The Troop scared the hell out of me, and I couldn’t put it down. This is old-school horror at its best."—Stephen King
Yet in the acknowledgments at the end of the book, the author wrote that he'd like to thank Stephen King, even though King "never read the book and likely never will" (but that it was King's books that made him want to write).
The Troop is copyrighted by Craig Davidson, so that's likely the author behind the pseudonym.
I don't know who is to blame for this error, but it annoys the heck out of me. I read the first 20% of the book, through the endless capitalization issue and unrealistic characters and annoying writing, all because if King liked it, I figured eventually it would get good. Waste of my time.
At least I didn't pay for the book. It's only too bad it's not being published until 2/14, so reviews can't be left on Amazon until then. I doubt I'll remember to go back and write one.
Two bad books in a row, hopefully the next review will be more positive.
"The Troop scared the hell out of me, and I couldn’t put it down. This is old-school horror at its best."—Stephen King
Yet in the acknowledgments at the end of the book, the author wrote that he'd like to thank Stephen King, even though King "never read the book and likely never will" (but that it was King's books that made him want to write).
The Troop is copyrighted by Craig Davidson, so that's likely the author behind the pseudonym.
I don't know who is to blame for this error, but it annoys the heck out of me. I read the first 20% of the book, through the endless capitalization issue and unrealistic characters and annoying writing, all because if King liked it, I figured eventually it would get good. Waste of my time.
At least I didn't pay for the book. It's only too bad it's not being published until 2/14, so reviews can't be left on Amazon until then. I doubt I'll remember to go back and write one.
Two bad books in a row, hopefully the next review will be more positive.
